![Vials showing nanoscale gold particles that appears red.](https://nisenet.org/sites/default/files/styles/splashy_hero_large/public/2020-12/hero%20Nano%20Gold%20stained%20glass%20NanoDays%2020110603-0002.jpg?h=265e640d&itok=XQ79hpR0)
Glass Activities
![International Year of Glass logo](/sites/default/files/styles/copy_100/public/2021-11/International%20Year%20of%20Glass%20logo-2022%20iyg.png?itok=qv36nGtZ)
International Year of Glass 2022
Celebrating the past, present, and future of this transformative material
More Resources
- HowToSmile collection of hands on glass activities https://www.howtosmile.org/resource-search/glass
- Corning Museum of Glass learning resources
Hands-on Activities
![Two learners and one facilitator look at gold nanoparticles suspended in a solution which makes a red color](https://nisenet.org/sites/default/files/styles/curated_list_large_cropped/public/2022-02/20110918GH_241.jpg?h=cb7b63f3&itok=57PjNBxI)
Exploring Materials - Stained-Glass Windows
![Students work on making their own version of stained glass](https://nisenet.org/sites/default/files/styles/curated_list_large_cropped/public/catalog/programs/NSG_PEOPLEprogram.jpg?h=9e0bcf33&itok=cV-gyhAE)
Nanoparticle Stained Glass: classroom program
![Person's hand resting a Stained Glass window](https://nisenet.org/sites/default/files/styles/curated_list_large_cropped/public/NanoDays2009_219.jpg?h=a5eb5da0&itok=33TuNIRg)
Nanoparticle Stained Glass (cart demo)
![Girl looking at objects in a beaker filled with liquid that appear to be invisible](https://nisenet.org/sites/default/files/styles/curated_list_large_cropped/public/images/catalog/11070/invisibility_2.jpg?h=e4c0da04&itok=Nb5ewATQ)
Exploring Properties - Invisibility
![A photoshopped image of people wearing invisibility cloaks hiding everything but their legs](https://nisenet.org/sites/default/files/styles/curated_list_large/public/images/catalog/11944/screen_shot_2013-08-29_at_12.49.41_pm.png?itok=LK6tkV9N)
Invisibility Cloak video
![Hands holding glass objects on a string in a beaker of liquid](https://nisenet.org/sites/default/files/styles/curated_list_large_cropped/public/images/catalog/10907/invisibility.jpg?h=9e2aa9b8&itok=sR3DScO6)
Exploring Nano & Society - Invisibility Cloak
![Polarized Light activity with hands holding paper and polarizing tape materials up to the window](https://nisenet.org/sites/default/files/styles/curated_list_large_cropped/public/2021-04/Polarized%20Light%20activity%20with%20hands%20holding%20paper%20and%20polarizing%20tape%20materials%20up%20to%20the%20window.jpg?h=a1dd1271&itok=RATL603G)
Light Activities
Aerogel
![Child holding squares of red stained glass colored by nano gold](https://nisenet.org/sites/default/files/styles/curated_list_large_cropped/public/images/catalog/8880/nanogold.jpg?h=8acc67b8&itok=vIyX3VeM)
Exploring Materials - Nano Gold
![solar cell wired up to a meter](https://nisenet.org/sites/default/files/styles/curated_list_large_cropped/public/images/catalog/5553/dssc.jpg?h=30c08e7f&itok=vF5pu7wG)
Dye Sensitized (Raspberry Juice) Solar Cell
![Hands holding square of polarizers and transparent tape](https://nisenet.org/sites/default/files/styles/curated_list_large_cropped/public/images/catalog/20140907GH1_149-1.jpg?h=6e097db3&itok=nGRgb_cw)
Exploring Materials - Polarizers
![A person puts a liquid on a substrate which is on top of a DIY spin-coater.](https://nisenet.org/sites/default/files/styles/curated_list_large_cropped/public/images/catalog/10764/spincoater2.jpg?h=fa3865ff&itok=khiAQQpm)
Organic Light-Emitting Diodes (OLEDs): Classroom Version
![image of a handprint that was created using heat sensitive liquid crystals suspended in thermal paper](https://nisenet.org/sites/default/files/styles/curated_list_large_cropped/public/MatsLC_handprint_Dec08.jpg?h=c210faf1&itok=6YeuUVKY)
Exploring Materials - Liquid Crystals
![A person puts a liquid on a substrate which is on top of a DIY spin-coater.](https://nisenet.org/sites/default/files/styles/curated_list_large_cropped/public/images/catalog/10764/spincoater2.jpg?h=fa3865ff&itok=khiAQQpm)
Organic Light-Emitting Diodes (OLEDs): Cart Version
![Liquid crystal display activity components including signs, guides, craft materials, safety gear, and liquid crystal material](https://nisenet.org/sites/default/files/styles/curated_list_large_cropped/public/images/catalog/liquid_crystal_displays.jpg?h=d02e55a0&itok=qszCXtrx)
Exploring Products - Liquid Crystal Displays
Glass Lenses are used in Light Microscopes
![Scientist using a Light Microscope](https://nisenet.org/sites/default/files/styles/curated_list_large_cropped/public/images/catalog/20140905GH_041.jpg?h=8243d3d4&itok=MjM1JnPK)
Scientific Image - Scientist using a Light Microscope
![Exploring Tools - Transmission Electron Microscopes activity components including signs, activity materials and guides.](https://nisenet.org/sites/default/files/styles/curated_list_large_cropped/public/images/catalog/transmission_electron_microscopes_kit_materials.jpg?h=8e5f5a16&itok=tW94DhyV)
Exploring Tools - Transmission Electron Microscopes
![Image of the green Small Feel Nano magnet sheets](https://nisenet.org/sites/default/files/styles/curated_list_large/public/ToolsSPM_magnet_Dec08.jpg?itok=QnIz66S2)
Exploring Tools - Special Microscopes
![Photograph of scientist using an Atomic Force Microscope (AFM).](https://nisenet.org/sites/default/files/styles/curated_list_large_cropped/public/images/catalog/20140905GH_053.jpg?h=bff4c91d&itok=GRnvqC1u)
Scientific Image - Scientist Using an Atomic Force Microscope
![Scientific Image - Scientist using a scanning electron microscope](https://nisenet.org/sites/default/files/styles/curated_list_large_cropped/public/images/catalog/20140905GH_127.jpg?h=fa1c963e&itok=2doPbwQl)
Scientific Image - Scientist Using a Scanning Electron Microscope
![Scientist using an Transmission Electron Microscope (TEM)](https://nisenet.org/sites/default/files/styles/curated_list_large_cropped/public/images/catalog/20140905GH_105.jpg?h=8243d3d4&itok=RmYWf5-2)
Scientific Image - Scientists Using a Transmission Electron Microscope
![Illustration of an Atomic Force Microscope (AFM) probe tip](https://nisenet.org/sites/default/files/styles/curated_list_large/public/images/catalog/AFM.jpg?itok=ehTeFJT_)
Scientific Image - Atomic Force Microscope Illustration
Glass Lenses are used in Binoculars and Telescopes
![Group of learners participating and enjoying the Hide and Seek Moon activity](https://nisenet.org/sites/default/files/styles/curated_list_large_cropped/public/2022-02/ExSci_Space_20180929_1134.jpg?h=fd382550&itok=eAF5Dzbs)
Exploring the Solar System: Hide and Seek Moon
![The near side of the Moon, as seen by the cameras aboard NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter spacecraft (NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University, 2017)](https://nisenet.org/sites/default/files/styles/curated_list_large_cropped/public/moon_lro_credit-_nasa-gsfc-arizona_state_university2017.jpg?h=549d8674&itok=ilv8hD8B)
Exploring the Solar System: Observe the Moon
Scientific Images of Glass
![](https://nisenet.org/sites/default/files/styles/curated_list_large/public/images/catalog/12473/glass_nanowire_sem_nise_0.jpg?itok=gW_C9nsg)
Scientific Image - Glass Nanowire
![](https://nisenet.org/sites/default/files/styles/curated_list_large/public/images/catalog/12573/glass_nanowire_om_nise.jpg?itok=_Nb29Dw7)
Scientific Image -Glass Nanowire
![](https://nisenet.org/sites/default/files/styles/curated_list_large/public/images/catalog/AU80-NX-PVP-EAW1141-10kx.jpg?itok=505rdsbi)
Scientific Image - Gold Nanoparticles
![](https://nisenet.org/sites/default/files/styles/curated_list_large/public/images/catalog/AU80-NX-PVP-EAW1141-25kx.jpg?itok=OLHRP8dB)
Scientific Image - Gold Nanoparticles
![](https://nisenet.org/sites/default/files/styles/curated_list_large/public/images/catalog/AU80-NX-PVP-EAW1141-50kx.jpg?itok=xixdL6jP)
Scientific Image - Gold Nanoparticles
![](https://nisenet.org/sites/default/files/styles/curated_list_large/public/images/catalog/12617/gold_nanoshells_sem_nise.jpg?itok=4M6UqbOF)
Scientific Image - Gold Nanoshells (SEM)
![](https://nisenet.org/sites/default/files/styles/curated_list_large/public/images/catalog/12616/gold_nanoshells_om_nise.jpg?itok=WWCTYlCL)
Scientific Image - Gold Nanoshells (optical microscope)
![](https://nisenet.org/sites/default/files/styles/curated_list_large/public/images/catalog/12574/photonic_crystal_nise.jpg?itok=PEIxBAYt)
Scientific Image - Photonic Crystal
![](https://nisenet.org/sites/default/files/styles/curated_list_large/public/images/catalog/12567/liquid_crystal_nise.jpg?itok=RfWHeCaH)
Scientific Image - Liquid Crystal